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"Usagi-chan! Come with me, it's urgent!"
The toilet ghost you've been avoiding for the past few days had decided to show up and ask for your help after getting ditched by his hopeless romantic of an assistant.
Did you think it would be that easy? HA! No. Even Naruto's talk-no-jutsu couldn't convince you to forgive the bathroom-dwelling brat.
"Get Daikon to do it, Hanako." You sighed after he just rambled to you about some tree forcing people to get together, having no regard as to whether you were listening or not.
"But she had to go home cuz she said she was sick!" He lied through his teeth.
"Sick? She looked fine to me earlier." Raising a brow, you were suspicious. But didn't care enough to interrogate him about it.
"Well.. I don't know! She said she wasn't feeling well and wanted to rest." He continued. It wasn't a 100% lie after all.
You just wanted to get him away from you, then get Teru to tell you what he wanted to tell, then go home. You've had enough of ghosts, exorcists, hopeless romantics, detention, and a violation of the lips to last you a lifetime.
"Fine. But make it quick. I don't have time for all this."
Hanako lead you to the large tree that seemingly appeared out of nowhere. It just so happens to also be the tree where Mitsubachi told you to meet him.
How convenient. The faster all these things go, the quicker you could go home.
"So? What am I supposed to do?"
Bag slung over your shoulder, stray hairs tucked into the back of your ear, the sun painted everything in shades of gold, and the wind flowed through your skirt and hair; making you seem like an ethereal painting that came straight out of a Greek mythology.
Your question seemed to fall on deaf ears as Hanako could do nothing but stare at you. His lips parted slightly as a gasp stuck in his throat, and his heart beat faster than it ever did when he was still alive.
"Koi no yokan.." He muttered.
Furrowing your brows in confusion, you didn't exactly have supersonic hearing.
"What?"
"I like you." Hanako blurted out. His initial plan was to "fake" a confession towards Yashiro or you. Up until the point you seemed to rival Aphrodite's, the goddess of love herself, beauty.
He meant those words with his whole heart and conscience. Hanako was a man of games and endless teasing, but there was no sign of joking to him in this moment.
Your eyes widened and your lips parted, not expecting him to sound so.. serious. Not often did you get confessed to by a ghost after all, let alone an attractive one.
Attractive? Huh? What? No I did not call the toilet brat attractive. You're dehydrated.
While you two stood there in silence, only the wind howling filled the area. Unbeknownst to the two of you, Yashiro was passing by on the way to the gate. And she heard everything.
Her magenta eyes brimmed with tears and her heart dropped to her stomach. She choked back a sob and ran away as quiet and as fast as she could away from the both of you and out the school gates.
If you liked Karasuma-senpai then why did you kiss me?
Yashiro questioned to herself as she ran, her tears streaming down her cheeks. She admit she was a hopeless romantic and often fell for those who showed her some amount of attention, but she still falls hard. Harder than she should and that broke her.
And to hear the person who helped you move on from your past crush confess to the girl your past crush liked, was excruciating.
Her heart felt like it was aching, her throat hurt like hell, her head pounded as if being hit by a hammer over and over, her legs begged to give up but kept going, and her shoulders felt heavy.
It was pure torture for a girl in love.
Hanako stared at you in silence, awaiting your answer. He knew for sure you would turn him down, you obviously couldn't stand him from the start and his violation to your lips was the cherry on top to you hating his guts. But he still hoped.
Hoped that you would say yes. That you would accept his confession, or at least tell him that you'll take time to think about it. Despite all the odds being against him, he still hoped.
"I don't accept your feelings." Was your cold and harsh reply.
Hanako wouldn't just ask two girls to a "confession" tree without some ulterior motive. And you deduced that it wasn't to confess his undying love. So you turned him down.
His lips broke out into his usual smile and he tipped his hat over his gold-like eyes that you admittedly found beautiful. You'd never tell him that though. To hell with that.
"How cruel of you to refuse a confession from a galliant young man!" A voice boomed from out of nowhere. And before you knew it, the large tree suddenly had a face and was speaking your language.
"HAH?! Young man?! He's over 50 years old I'll have you know!" You retorted, not at all freaked out by a talking tree.
"There is no such thing as numbers in the name of love!" The tree argued.
"I'm not trying to catch a case you pervert!"
"PERVERT?! I'm merely helping the youth with their lovelives! How disrespectful!" The now offended tree stretched its wooden arms out to grab ahold of your body.
"Bring it you creepy old bastard!" You exclaimed and lifted an axe that you seemingly pulled from nowhere, ready to take him on.
Before either of you could land a hit on the other, a protective globe surrounded you and defended you from its sharp wooden claws.
"The fuck?" You questioned as a red marking showed up smack on your lips.
"This is a charm!" The tree exclaimed as the red charm read seven. "There you are, Kodama." Hanako stepped in and cradled your head to his chest, holding his knife threateningly towards the tree.
After Hanako defeated the creepy tree, it turned into a smaller plant that looked like a broccoli.
Snorting, you covered your mouth with your hand as you held back a laugh.
"Damn you look even creepier like this."
"What disgrace! I saved up all this power from those student's power!"
While it was rambling on and on and Hanako pestering it about what rumor was spread, you headed for the gate. You've done your part and Mitsubachi had long been forgotten.
Hanako pondered whether he should stop you or not. But opted not to as you would probably only find him irritating. So he watched you head out the school gates and watched your back til he couldn't see you anymore, a frown set on his face.
